LiB

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) is considering an increase to its production of anode materials for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) over the medium term. The company’s output of anode materials...

Cataler Corp., a leading Japanese manufacturer of purification catalysts for automotive exhaust gas, has developed a new anode material that contributes to improving the output of automotive lithium-ion batteries (LiBs)....

Toshiba Environmental Solutions Corp. is looking to speed up efforts aimed at the reuse and recycling of used batteries, with this including solar batteries and lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). For...

Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is looking to decide within the first half of fiscal 2018 on an investment that would boost its production capacity for lithium-ion secondary battery (LiB) separators....

Kureha Corp. (TYO:4023) is planning to grow its sales of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a material used in automotive lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs), in China – the world’s largest electric vehicle...

Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) is planning to accelerate its R&D efforts for separators used in the lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) of next-gen electric vehicles (EVs). Improvements to cathode materials are continuing...

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4204) announced on April 23 that it will increase its production capacity of film-type lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) for residential use. With the Japanese government’s feed-in...

Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. (TYO:6997) is striving to commercialize a new carbon material for use in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). Made using nano-hybrid technology, the new material was found to triple...

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (TYO:4182) is accelerating its development of solid electrolytes. Through a simple technique using organic solvent, the company has overcome bottleneck issues associated with the transition...

Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) will strengthen its business for porous membranes. This includes plans to boost the production capacity for the company’s Lielsort separators for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs), as well...